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coin values please

captnjack123 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:33:49 GMT

can anyone please tell what the Australian Olympic equestrian coins are worth and

a silver 1983 american quarter

a five dollar Australian coin ,

NSW royal mint $10 uncirculated 1987 coin

1993 royal Melbourne show $1 dollar coin

does anyone know what they are worth please

Re: coin values please

lakeland27 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:16:48 GMT

it seems a bit of a coin desert in here, have you searched completed listings here or tried auction results on and offline ?

Re: coin values please

bsal6160 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:41:08 GMT

Coin values.

Australian Olympic coins were made in the millions. So there value would be the face value of the coin.

a silver 1983 Quarter is worth about 25cents no...given the exchange rate now about 23cents

five dollar coin is worth $5.00

no such thing as uncirculatd as YOU now have it so it has been circulated and worth $10.00

1993 Royal Melbourne Show coin is worth $1.00

Re: coin values please

numismatichemist — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:37:49 GMT

I'm afraid we're going to need more information about your coins to provide meaningful answers.

"Australian Olympic equestrian coins" - I assume you mean the aluminium-bronze $5 coin. It's worth more than "face value" - they were sold at $9 each and the book value is around $15. Alternatively, you could mean the little medal they were selling with a badge.

I'm afraid there is no such thing as a "silver 1983 American quarter". Even the ones sold in proof sets were not silver between 1965 and 1992. If it looks silver (check the rim; non-silver US quarters look like a "sandwich" with silvery cupronickel outside a pure copper core), then it's probably been silver plated by someone after it left the mint.

Australia has issued a large number of different kinds of "five dollar Australian coin", including the Olympics ones mentioned above. But the most commonly encountered one is the Parliament House $5 from 1988. These are extremely cheap and common; they were sold at face value through the Commonwealth Bank, and the plastic wrappers the Bank sold many of them in caused them to discolour. Pristine examples may be worth a few dollars more, but discoloured ones are onl worth face value.

"NSW royal mint $10 uncirculated 1987 coin" - These "state series" $10 coins never really caught on with collectors, and are rarely worth much over bullion value. Current BV is around $18; don't expect much above $20 for it.

"1993 royal Melbourne show $1 dollar coin" - I think that's the one listed in the catalogues for $9.

Re: coin values please

appleangel07 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:59:47 GMT

Cool Numismatic chemist, Was just about to reply with more accurate info after doing searches on ebay for all the coins.

BTW,uncirculated in this particular case of the 1987 $10 is referred to as NCLT .( none circulating legal tender )

Uncirculated is a term used to describe a coin that has not been used in general circulation,not used in every day life.

Re: coin values please

johnsopet — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:57:03 GMT

Very rude of captnjack123 not to even acknowledge or reply here to the contributiors who took the effort to reply to his question